Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-11-03

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The County Board meets Tuesday,
November Is.
Arthur Knapp went to Dixon, III.
last week where he sold two carloads
of potatoes for himself and Frank
Calls.
Mr.. Will Reiner who has been tele-
graph operator here for year or two,
has been transferred to Waukesha Mr.
John Waud, of that station, formerly
of Montfort takes his place.
Mrs Richard Tenant, Mother of Mrs.
Frank Markert and Mrs. Anton Howell
has moved here from Mineral Point
with her family and will occupy the old
Methodist parsonage, now the property
of Alonzo Wayne which has been
moved onto the hill in the west pert of
town.
Our Mt. Hope correspondent asks
a good many questions about Mccoy
and the President. We don't know
what he is driving at nor what Mccoy
he means, but hope he will get his curl
osity satisfied.
We omit the disposition of the court
cases in circuit court as not of sufficient
interest to the public to warrant their
publication.
We are having our Indian sum mer
now.
N. W. Kendall, Of Wyalusing, accom-
panied by his Lawyer, Mr. Fuller, of
Prairie du Chen, was here Tuesday on
Probate business.
Considerable complaint is made in the
east part of town about COW that is
allowed to run at large nights. The
owner is advised to keep her up, both
for her own safety and the convenience
Of his neighbors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Woodhouse, of
Bloomington, are visiting relatives here.
Charlie Weber is visiting his friends
in Lancaster, He is still running as
express messenger from Chicago into
Iowa. He is interested in gents fur
nishing establishment in Sioux Falls,
Oak.
The three gentlemen from Michigan,
who were here last week to examine our
Poor and Insane system, went away
with most favorable impression of the
system of the state in general, and of
our own asylum in particular.
See notice of Cassville G. A. r. Camp
fire, on this page.
Last Friday night Margaret Melon
aid, an insane patient from the town OF
Beetown attempted to escape from the
Asylum by jumping from third story
window. She dislocated her shoulder
and sustained serious internal injuries
Besides the lecture of Hon. r. G.
Horn on the 18th, the lecture committee
have engaged Chas n. Thomas for
some time in December Mr. Thomas
subject is "Here and There in the Civil
War illustrated by the finest stereop-
tican outfit in this county.
The finest layout of game that has
been brought into town this season was
bagged by a local sport and Char
lie Bennett last Thursday. There were
mallards, teal. black ducks, pheasants,
woodcock, snipe, squirrels and two inn
mense catfish. We are indebted to
Mr.. Bennett for couple of fine ducks. |
Fred zach came near losing one of
his horses the other day. His son |
Louis drove to Cassville for witnesses
in the case of zach VS. Beetown and |
Waterloo, and one of the horses was
taken very sick. Matt Kirchenberg |
and Knotwell doctored the horse and |
Mr.. zach requests the HERALD to give
them a local.
The church sociable held last Thurs
day evening at Mrs. w. B. Baxter's
was very successful. The house was
filed with people from every church.
The ladies whose names begin with the
first three letters of the alphabet fur
nished refreshments at the moderate |
price of ten cents. At the next sociable
which will be held about Thanksgiving
at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Barber,
New England supper of beans and
brown bread will be served.
We give elsewhere a notice of the
death of l.. w. Jacobs, city editor of the
Madison Daily News. Mr.. Jacobs was
young man of rare promise, and the
news of his early death is received by
all with sadness. He has for over two
years been the Madison correspondent
of the HERALD during sessions of the
Legislature and at such other times as
matters of interest to our readers were
transpiring. We extend to the mother
and sister our sincerest sympathy.
RUNAwAY-Last Thursday morning,